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Blog Soup – From the Archives of Make HR Happen v.13

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This is a re-posting of five previous articles from Make HR Happen by Tom Bolt.

 

 

 

 

 

biorhythmBlogging Biorhythm Blues – For those of you who don’t participate in Twitter chat sessions, #TChat, which happens weekly on Wednesday’s at 7:00 pm Eastern, is probably one of the better ones to ease into the chatter world. It is convenient (not late at night, not in the middle of the day), interesting (Talent and Culture in the workplace is fascinating), and the participants are just damn smart!  – more –

 

Branding-BeforeDon’t Believe All You Hear About Personal Branding –  In previous articles I have advised job seekers to think like a recruiter. Every step of the hiring process takes two parties to make it happen: candidate and company. Anyone looking for a new career opportunity is actually doing the same thing that recruiters or sourcers do when they are looking for someone to hire…only in reverse. – more - 

 

Dangerous Curve AheadYou Did Not Grow Up In Lake Wobegon – The fictional location claimed by Garrison Keillor to be his boyhood home in books and on his classic radio show Prairie Home Companion is Lake Wobegon, Minnesota…where “all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.” While it may be a non-existent location, we meet people every day who seem to have arrived at their current status in life with a firm belief that they are above average…  – more –

 


baboonsHow to Make a Bad Hire – There is a lot of talk about how to make effective staffing policies and train people to make the best hires. Recruiters and hiring managers want to do the right thing but sometimes the wrong thing just happens and it can be a very expensive proposition when it does.  – more –

 

 

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A Pocketful of Invisible Nose Magnets – I should be ashamed of myself. My kids actually believed that I had a pocketful of invisible nose magnets. Every time, without fail, when I would put my hand into my pocket and then extend my hand with the thumb and two fingers together, the dog would run over and sniff my finger. It was as if his nose was drawn by some invisible force to my hand. In fact, that invisible force was the conditioning that he remembered from giving him doggie treats from my pocket on so many occasions.  – more –

 

 

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